APTLD 2004 KL AGM Communiqué

1 March 2004

APTLD member representatives from .au, .cn, .jp, .kr, .lk, .my, .nu, .nz,.sg,
.th, .tw, .vn, and invited guests met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 26 February 2004 for the APTLD 2004 AGM and Board Meeting.

APTLD thank Mr. Doug Barton, IANA General Manager, for accepting the invitation to meet with APTLD in Kuala Lumpur. APTLD appreciates Doug’s updates on IANA and his plans for the future, as well as clarifications on some of the questions raised by members.

APTLD also welcomed a brief self-introductory presentation from Sri Lanka, a new member

At the AGM, members accepted the online voting result for 5 new Board seats opened for re-election. The current members of APTLD Board are Chan-ki Park (.kr), Chris Disspain (.au), Hualin Qian (.cn), Peter Dengate Thrush (.nz), Richard St. Clair (.nu), Shariya Haniz Zulkifli (.my), Vincent WS Chen (.tw) and Yumi Ohashi (.jp).

APTLD is pleased to announce that Peter Dengate Thrush (.nz) was elected as the Chairman, other officers include Shariya Haniz Zulkifli (.my) elected as Senior Vice Chair, Yumi Ohashi (.jp) re-elected as Vice Chair for Membership, Chanki Park (.kr) re-elected as Vice Chair for Treasure.

The year of 2003 has been a very productive year for APTLD. We welcomed .jo, .lk, .tk as newAPTLD members. APTLD committees are taking an active role in moving forward and the Chairs of APTLD committees gave reports on the work carried by their committee in 2003. In addition, the secretariat also presented its annual report and financial report for 2003, as well as the Action and budget plans for 2004.

In noting that ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) had prepared and circulated a further draft of its “GAC Principles, APTLD:

1. Noted the further development of these principles;

2. Noted further they address issues associated with the appointment and change of cctld manager ( “delegation and re-delegation”; and

3. Invite the GAC to present these principles for discussion with the ccNSO once formed,

APTLD proposes to organize a meeting with regional GAC representatives and the APTLD at its next meeting, scheduled for July in Kuala Lumpur. Before that, members are encouraged to discuss these issues with hteir GAC representatives.

Members also reviewed and discussed issues include ccNSO development, At Large participation updates and ENUM trials in the AP region, and the future of the ccTLD Adcom, And the .asia proposal.

Signed by:
APTLD Chairman: Peter Dengate Thrush

Members of the Board: Chan-ki Park, Chris Disspain, Hualin Qian, Richard St. Clair,
Shariya Haniz Zulkifli, Vincent WS Chen and Yumi Ohashi.